Main page http://i4weather.net Station: Hagerstown 1E Md Observer: Gregory L Keefer Observation time: Midnight AUGUST 1999 * Record Set or Tied Temperature F. Precipitation Wind(Mph) Max Occuring events 12am Snow On Average Sun (Fog,thun,hail Day Max Min Obsn. Liquid Ice Gnd. Dir Speed Gust % Sleet,etc) 1 89 70 70 1.17 WNW 3 25 nw 30 Thunder,Fog 2 87 61 67 0 NNW 5 19 n 90 3 88 60 67 0 N 3 14 n 95 4 91 58 71 0 SW 3 14 sw 95 5 89 64 68 0 NW 4 21 nw 80 6 91 58 70 0 NW 5 24 nw 100 7 89 66 78 0 SW 2 13 sw 40 8 86 70 72 .26 SW 5 27 nw 25 9 81 61 59 0 NNW 5 20 nw 100 10 87 53 71 T SW 3 14 sw 60 11 93 64 71 0 NW 5 24 nw 90 12 93 62 73 0 ESE 2 12 se 85 13 95 68 78 .02 SSE 7 26 s 60 Thunder 14 89 70 74 .09 SW 4 18 sw 40 Thunder 15 83 70 67 T N 4 17 n 20 16 91 58 70 0 SE 2 10 se 75 17 100 65 76 0 WNW 6 22 w 90 18 91 65 69 0 NNW 6 22 nw 65 19 90 60 73 .02 SE 3 17 se 45 20 86 66 66 .04 SE 4 18 se 30 Thunder 21 80 63 66 0 N 4 13 n 25 22 86 65 62 0 N 5 22 n 75 23 88 56 74 0 SE 4 18 se 50 24 82 69 72 T SE 5 23 se 40 25 80 69 70 .78 SE 4 22 se 5 26 80 68 68 .13 N 2 9 n 5 Fog,Thunder 27 82 68 68 T SW 3 14 sw 20 Fog 28 89 65 70 0 SW 4 18 sw 85 Fog 29 90 65 65 0 NNW 7 29 nw 90 30 76 55 56 0 NNE 8 27 n 80 31 76 49 60 0 N 6 16 n 20 2698 1956 2.51 August 1999 Stats Average Temperature 75.1 F. (normal 73.5) Average Maximum 87.0 F. (normal 85.3) Average Minimum 63.1 F. (normal 61.7) Maximum Temp 100 F. on 17th Minimum Temp 49 F. on 31st Total Precip 2.51" (normal 3.32) Total year to date 25.97" (normal 25.57) SnowFall Total 0.0 (normal ) Season Total (normal ) Max Barometer 30.30" on 31st Min Barometer 29.70" on 13th Wind Average SW at 4.3mph Peak Gust 29mph on 29th Average Sunshine 58.3% AUGUST 1999 WEATHER REMARKS HAGERSTOWN 1E MARYLAND DAY STORMS 1st: Several thunderstorms brushed by the area between midnight and 2:30am A lot of lightning and thunder. Only .12" of rain fell. Heavy thunderstorm 1:30pm - 2:30pm with heavy rain and frequent sharp lightning 1.15" of rain, one inch fell in 30 minutes, wind gusts to 25mph. More light rain and showers later this afternoon with another .02" of rain. 2nd: A rather pleasant day for a change. Sunny, cooler high 87 and low humidity. 3rd: Sunny nice High 88 F. SHOWERS 8th: Showers today 7-8am and 3-4pm .26" fell. warm and humid. 9th: A very sunny fine day with low temps and humidity. High only 81 F. 10th: Few sprinkles early this afternoon, trace. HOT 11th: Hot high 93 F. 13th: Hot Hazy and very humid today. High of 95 F. Dew points in the mid 70's Heat index 110. Very hot evening with temps in the upper 80's until thunderstorms came through. Thunderstorms pass very close this evening 10:30pm - 11:30pm with sharp lightning but only drop .02" of rain. 14th: Showers overnight between 1:30am-3am .05" fell. Thunderstorm this afternoon passed just to our south between 1pm-2pm only .04" of rain fell. 15th: Few periods of drizzle this morning 6am-7am. SURPRISE HEAT ! 17th: A surprise high temperature today. Day began very warm and humid but the air rapidyly dried out with quickly lowering humiditys this afternoon and a jump in the temp to a high of 100 F. 19th: A few sprinkles around noon (trace). A quick shower just before midnight .02" fell. 20th: Warm and rather humid today. Some very heavy storms came very close today around 6pm. Very ominous skies to the west,north, and east but no rain fell here. A few light showers 10pm-10:30pm .04" 24th: A few drops of rain this evening around 6:45pm just a trace again. RAIN !! 25th: Periods of rain today 2:30pm - 10pm .78" fell. 26th: Light shower early this afternoon. Severe Thunderstorms pass very close 2:45pm - 4pm just to the south and east only produced some light rain here .13" Some very sharp lightning and ominous black skies to east and south. 27th: Fog overnight. A few sprinkles 4-5pm, trace. 28th: Heavy dense fog overnight and early this morning. Sunny very warm and rather humid today. 29th: Very warm today high of 90 but became breezy and cooler late this afternoon as cold front came through. 30th: Much cooler and breezy today high of only 76 F. North winds to 27 mph. 31st: Chilly morning low of 49 F. Summer of 1999 was the 4th Hottest on record with an average temperature of 75.5 F. The record hottest ever was in 1995 with an average of 76.0